Misunderstood

Atticus sternly says, “Shoot all the Bluejays you want, if you can hit'em, but remember it's a sin to kill a mockingbird.”(90; ch.10). Mockingbirds are misunderstood creatures, they mimic calls that of other avian. But in reality all they want is to pursue their goals, their dreams. Furthermore this develops a special bond between Atticus and scout that makes her look up to his caring qualities. Finally, Wonder…

Are outsiders simply those who are misjudged, or misunderstood? When you are an outsider, are you understood by people for who you are? Does being an outsider affect how people view you? Outsiders are people who are misunderstood, rather than misjudged. When you are an outsider, it affects the way people view you. Because you don’t fit in, you slowly become an outcast. Many examples of this transformation are prevailed in the short story, “Metamorphosis,” by Franz Kafka. Outsiders are those who…

however he is often misunderstood. The story takes place in a rural area in which the main source of income came from farming. Wanting to support his family everyday the father worked hard on the farm so that he could make an income. Methodical is one characteristics shown in the father. He “worked all day long” and had a very set schedule. Because of his methodical ways the father appeared like “he was distant” from everyone. The distance he created led to him being misunderstood by Dan.…

Gregor’s, an average working man, body is transformed into a bug, and he slowly is becoming misunderstood and resented, leaving nothing to belong to. He loses his job and even his own family does not love him any longer. He is forced into becoming an outsider by a body transformation. Kafka’s story directly relates to the real world, using Gregor to symbolize outsiders, people who are simply misunderstood for their differences. Gregor, an average middle aged man who provides everything for…

Do people really need to belong? Over half of the American population feels like they are strangers in their own country and everyone knows the person who feels that they are left out of the crowd. “The Metamorphosis”, by Franz Kafka is about an outsider named Gregor that is alienated by his family and eventually died because of the abandonment. Gregor’s family foreshadowed that they were going to kill Gregor if he did not die soon. In “Isn’t Everyone a Little Bit Weird” by Pearson Realize,…

Society is a trap that has a hold of everyone. It fears originality and creativity so instead it wants everybody to look the same and act the same. Nonconformity is the only way to break free from this trap. The beliefs of transcendentalism discourages conforming to the trap of society. Transcendentalism is the idea that in order to learn about God and other things in the universe people must “transcend” earthly experiences to learn more about nature. Transcendentalists believe everyone is…

pursue their personal believes and ideas. This will probably result in the individual being misunderstood, but as Emerson states, all great and famous people were once misunderstood: “Is it so bad then to be misunderstood? Pythagoras was misunderstood, and Socrates, and Jesus, and Luther, and Copernicus, and Galileo, and Newton, and every pure and wise spirit that ever took flesh. To be great is to be misunderstood.” (554). Hawthorne, on the other hand, has a very distinct and different view on…

animals that people may assume to be aggressive, but are misunderstood. Many people assume that just because a dog is huge with big teeth it must be dangerous. Many people assume that just because a snake is venomous means its aggressive, or just because a bear is huge that it is very aggressive. What would you say if I told you that was mostly wrong? This article is going to be about those three animals and how they have just been misunderstood. Even though there are many breeds of dogs…

Depression, for example, is a very misunderstood illness. A survey of Tarrant County by Mental Health Connection in 2004 found that 60% of adults believe depression can be cured by “pulling yourself together”(“Mental illness and stigma”). This kind of attitude can be harmful to depressed individuals…

of the creature known as Grendel. Grendel is speaking for himself and using empathy for his pain. It gives the reader the question of who the real evil in the world is; whether it is Monster or Men. In the beginning of the novel, Grendel is a misunderstood creature. He sees himself as similar to humans, but is immediately marked as an exile. Throughout the course of the book, it can be seen that Grendel is changing; slowly descending into a more savage like manor, embracing his fate as a…